Category: Daily Links

Yesterday was one of the lightest sports days I can remember.  The Fins beat the Pats. LaVar Ball is sending his boys to…Lithuania to play for a club in a town with 10,000 people.  The NFL Network suspends three analysts, including Ike Taylor and Marshall Faulk, over #metoo. A couple other guys were named in the suit including Donovan McNabb, but they don’t work there anymore. And lastly, Greg Schiano’s Tennessee deal was going to be worth over $27 million. And the memo of understanding, which was signed by the school’s AD, doesn’t say anywhere on it that the school president, CFO or any other party is required to endorse it.  Dude is about to get paid for wrongful termination. And rightfully so.

On the ice, there were six games. The Panthers beat the Red Wings. The Islanders beat up on the Crapitals. The Dallas Stars beat the Rangers. The Avs beat the Pens. The Jets drilled the Canucks. And the Anaheim Mighty Ducks bested the Hurricanes.

Like I said, it was a light day. Which probably pleases some of you to no end.  ::sigh::  But I digress.

Well, this is what you waited for! I present to you…the links!

President Trump calls for an end to “chain immigration” in wake of botched NYC terror attack. Apparently, the guy got in, according to my friend Simone, because his best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who got the guy a green card at a 31 Flavors.  That might be a little elaborate. Actually, he got in because his aunt or uncle became a citizen and could then sponsor parents, children, siblings, nieces or nephews. Which I’m just sure there’s no way to abuse when we’re talking about third world countries with dubious record-keeping at best.

San Francisco mayor Ed Lee dropped dead overnight. The first Asian-American mayor of the city began public life in 1991. He had been elected twice. Board of Supervisors president London Breed will take over his office for the time being.

Trump vows to send man back to the moon and even to Mars. Does not explain how our broke asses will pay for it.

Chicago makes it rain to the tune of a $31M settlement for four men coerced into making a confession and spending 17 years in jail for a crime in which DNA evidence exonerated them.  The FOP issued a statement about rewarding bad guys. So I guess they mean the animals who are probably getting pensions after sending people to prison for 17 years due to coerced confessions and questionable police practices.  Meanwhile, the residents get hit with a $31M kick in the nuts and those pensions are still safe.  What. A. Shitshow.

Want to know why a lot of those Disney kids grow up to be train wrecks? Shit like this might have something to do with it. I’m not saying that’s the only reason, but I wouldn’t be shocked if this kind of thing is rampant in the kids entertainment world.

Dennis Rodman: Statesman. Seriously, he’s probably do better than anybody else that’s tried to intervene with that lunatic in a Mao suit.

Just make sure to leave all that tax money at the door. KTHXBAI.

I know I won’t be leaving here with you.

That’s it. Enjoy. And have a great day!

The Links have been seized…by me. OK, not really, Brett is buying a new fanboat, running over manatees or some Florida thing.

So, we will have Links…that make you shake your head – sadly, or in disbelief, or laughing. Your choice.  So let me run them by all of ye, and you can comment away! [h/t sloopy on the first two!]

1. Procedures were NOT followed. Seems this off-duty cop decided he would take care of business, on his own. NOTE: he is now an ex-cop (he “resigned”) and the Chief of his old department said “That’s just something we don’t do”. He has, however chanted the magic fear words. So we will see what happens.
2. Rent Party lawsuit! Take a look at the settling defendant and tell me you aren’t shaking your head… in revulsion! Also, please read the whole thing to see the bonus fun of “a separate criminal case accusing him of unlawful disposal of a dead body”. I want your “Landlord From Hell” stories in the comments – can they compare to this guy!
3. How about a little NYC reaction to the sort of ‘splody guy? “I said, damn, I’m gonna move back to North Carolina. New York City is too much for me.”
4. Time to lighten it up a bit. See what the world asks Google about the UK. I start smh laughing, when I got to what the Brits google about everyone else, it got funnier (see the “Colombia” result).

The Ravens were all like Yay! And then they were all like awwwww.  Tough loss, that. Steelers dedicated the win to Ryan Shazier, the former Buckeye great who is showing some improvement, according to reports. Hang in there, big guy.

Army sang second!

Some good hoops action over the weekend. Ohio State contuinues to look decent after their third win in a row. Villanova is really good. Arizona State beat Kansas and appears to be legit. Purdue and Gonzaga also both beat unranked opponents.

In soccer, Liverpool were completely robbed by the officials, and the greed of one of their own players, and were stuck with a draw vs Everton. Man City beat United, and a dustup followed outside the locker rooms when, get this, United players said the City players were disrespecting them for celebrating the win too loudly in their locker room.  Jeez, what a bunch of pussies.

On the ice, Chicago beat the Coyotes. Step away from the ledge, Swissy. Toronto blanked Edmonton. The Blues beat the Sabres in OT as  did the MINNESODA WIIIIIIIIIILD in their game with the Sharts.

Now, if only the Weigel-Trump dustup counted as a sport, I could report on the score.  I guess I’ll have to estimate it: Trump 100-Weigel 25,000*.

*Those scores aren’t what you think. Trump’s 100 represents the percent of the media coverage he deflected from Roy Moore. Weigel’s reflects the number of new twitter followers he garnered after DJT ripped him a new a-hole for falsely reporting on the crowd size in a smarmy, douchy way and then deleting it, also in a smarmy and douchy way,  when he was shown to be wrong (deliberately or otherwise).  So does 25,000 beat 100? Well, we will find out Tuesday night how good a score the 100 was. Weigel will find out in an ongoing manner how many of those 25k are shitposters that will make his life hell.  I’ll have to rely on third-party info to find out about that, however. He still has me blocked after all.

That’s it for all that mess. Now get ready for…the links!

Not satisfied with having a nuke program, Kim decides to take it up a notch. Still think giving them (the Kim nutters) all those concessions and continuing to make concessions every time he used the money we sent him to build weapons was a good idea, Obama, Bush and Clinton? Dumbasses.

If you’ve ever wondered what constitutes a “shitshow”, look no farther. I just hope the businessman, whose family has owned the place for over a hundred years, comes out of this in better shape than the prick kids trying to ruin his life for the audacity to try and have thieves who assaulted him punished for their crimes.

Rahm Emmanuel prepares for an easy run to a third term as the city he is in charge of sinks further into insolvency, the police get more out of control and the death toll from violent crime continues to skyrocket.  I wish such piss poor performance resulted in that type of job security in my business.

Former Masshole pol says “was that wrong? Was I not supposed to do that? Cause, I gotta tell you…” Well, you all know the rest.

Saudia Arabian crown prince continues his push to bring Saudi Arabia into the 20th century. And yes, I meant 20th Century, not 21st.  After all, we were building them in western cities as early as the very late 19th century. But I felt generous and didn’t want to call out a culture who treat women as property and throw gay people off buildings to their death. Because that would be intolerant and bigoted of me. Kudos to bin Salman, though. He’s doing a good job of starting to rid the nation of the cancer called Wahhabism.

And lastly, in case you’re a California lawmaker and are unclear, don’t corner a lobbyist in a bathroom and then proceed to jack it in front of her. Or, according to this guy, don’t be falsely accused of it, because that’ll make you quit as well. That pretty much removes the entire state house representation for the San Fernando Valley in California, as the other local delegate resigned last week for “improprieties”.

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Think good thoughts, even if the links are all full of assholes. And have a great day.

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. ZARDOZ SEES THE BRUTAL HOLIDAY OF CHRISTMAS IS APPROACHING ONCE AGAIN. ZARDOZ WOULD ASK HIS CHOSEN ONES FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR GIFTS, FOR THE BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS. SINCE THEY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE GIFT OF THE GUN, ZARDOZ IS A BIT STUMPED.

ZARDOZ WOULD LET THEM HAVE SOME GRAIN, BUT ALL OF IT IS RESERVED FOR THE VORTEX.

IN RETURN FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, ZARDOZ WILL GIVE YOU THE GIFT OF THE LINK. GO FORTH AND COMMENT! ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

• ZARDOZ SEES LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THIS. THEIR CONDITIONS ARE STILL BETTER THAN THE GRAIN SLAVES OF THE VORTEX.
• ZARDOZ BELIEVES ANY “GESTURES TO BREAK PEACE IMPASSE” WOULD INVOLVE A SINGLE FINGER FROM THE BRUTALS INVOLVED.
• ZARDOZ KNOWS HIS CHOSEN ONES CANNOT RESIST CLICKING A LINK INVOLVING THE BRUTAL MIA KHALIFA…ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES HER “TAKING A POUNDING“. JUST DO YOU WELL TO REMEMBER THE PENIS IS EVIL!
• ZARDOZ IS CONFUSED – HE THOUGHT THE BRUTALS HAD TO REFER TO THIS AS “ICE OF COLOR“? ALSO, DID NOT GLOBAL WARMING END SNOW IN THE BRUTAL UNITED KINGDOM SOME YEARS BACK?

We have received complaints that this website is being read by some Canadians and thus we are required to provide some broken French rendered in a horrible accent. Likewise, I am compelled to make French toast this morning. And I’ll tell you that when it’s doused in Cognac, that’s a fine start to the day. A Midwestern take on poutine involved Tater Tots and Wisconsin cheese curds. And I’m playing some Leonard Cohen tunes. So I think we’ve managed to clear the de minimus requirements. With that out of the way, let’s look at the non-Canadian news this morning.

Days of Rage in Israel and surrounding shitholes continues to be a flaccid pro-forma response. Death toll so far is claimed to be four, so we’re not even ten percent there compared to a Saturday night in Chicago. Now if you feel that the bare minimum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to do more and we encourage that, okay? You do want to express yourself, don’t you? Or… well, like Sweden, for example, has actual firebombings, okay. And a terrific smile.

Global Warming- is there no end to this??? WE MUST ACT NOW!!!!

This was a difficult situation. Dishonest attention-whore race-baiters civil rights leaders were all prepared to demonstrate against Trump for not being sufficiently attentive to the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. But when he came and gave a speech, all of the signs and slogans had to be changed at the last minute from “Impeach Trump” to… “Impeach Trump.”

Amos C. Brown, a civil rights activist who at 14 years old founded the NAACP’s first youth council, also boycotted Trump’s visit.

“I’m very uncomfortable with his antics and policies on matters of race and justice,” Brown said. “And that’s why people felt, as I do, that his presence cheapened the occasion. It was a mockery for him to be present. He has not been involved at all in the struggle.”

As opposed to his predecessor, who struggled being raised in a white millionaire household and attending the most exclusive private prep school in Hawaii before struggling at the most expensive and exclusive Ivy League universities.

Jerry Brown is being Jerry Brown. Wildfires in California is “the new normal.” Because they’ve never had them before and it’s shocking that the desert is dry. Say… didn’t they just have floods? And snowflakes as well:

At UC Santa Barbara, smoke from the Thomas fire drove Student Body President Hieu Le to write a letter to Chancellor Henry Yang, asking that classes be canceled until the air quality improves.

Lee has received more than 4,000 petition signatures since Thursday, backing him up. Many students wrote that their throats hurt and that they were having trouble breathing and focusing.

“Students and staff should not have to choose between their health and money and/or grades,” one student wrote. “The response from the university has been unacceptable.”

SP fondly remembers her first ride in my van, when I told her we were looking for my lost puppy and gave her some Reese’s. Well, it’s now time for an upgrade.

Obligatory Old Guy music. We were at a terrific concert last night up in Milwaukee. Given the demographic, the mosh pit was a hoot, what with all the walkers, Rascals, oxygen tanks, and flailing canes. Never mind, here’s a delightful piece from one of my favorite Austin bands, whose members are decidedly not old.

STEVE SMITH HELP SELF TO RV…BY HELP SELF, MEAN RAPE OCCUPANTS AND TAKE BEER COOLER. IT WAS HARD WEEK, AND STEVE SMITH NEED TO RELAX. SO HIM DRINK WHAT WAS IN COOLER. IT WAS THIS:

NEXT THING STEVE SMITH KNOW, HIM HAVE TWO WOMEN CAMPERS ON HIM. STEVE SMITH HAVE NO CHANCE SAY “YES”, OR TAKE CHARGE AND RAPE CAMPERS…THEY …ACT FIRST. STEVE SMITH NOW HAVE METOO# STORY.

…

OF COURSE, STEVE SMITH GET OVER IT, AND RAPE EVERYONE IN RV LOT AND SLAM REST OF CANADA BREAKFAST BEER… DO CANADAIANS DRINK STRONG STOUT FOR BREAKFAST? STEVE SMITH WANT PARTY WITH CANADAERS! IF CAN FIND MORE BOTTLES… IN MEANTIME, HAVE SOME LINKS!

• STEVE SMITH WONDER IF THIS MEAN AMERICA NO GET MORE ….HUMMUS AND REFUGEES? DEARBORN, MI HARDEST HIT?
• STEVE SMITH LAUGH AT FAT LITTLE IRAQI “FIRST SOLDIER“. THINK HIM NOT WADDLE INTO FIGHT. REMEMBER HIM RUN YEARS AGO AND HIDE IN IRAN.
• STEVE SMITH THINK PERVERSE INCENTIVE AT WORK HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKE FOR STEVE SMITH TO THINK SOMETHING PERVERSE?!?!?!
• STEVE SMITH NOW THINK OHIO TOO WEIRD FOR HIM VISIT.

STEVE SMITH HEAD SPINNING…REALLY LIKE CANADAINIAN BEER!

I got my 8 Hour Pin from AA, which I feel is a major accomplishment. I think I’ll have some Irish coffee to celebrate. While I mix that up, here’s some fun news stories for you kind folks to discuss.

First up, this wasn’t a matter of “if,” it’s a matter of “when and how many.” We all knew this was coming, so to speak. Too bad, this was one of the very few really good judges out there and someone I would have liked to have seen on the Supreme Court.

Speaking of the Supreme Court, this was an unsurprising decision. Shocking, I know- if a president unilaterally creates an agency or program without legislative support, then his successor can just as unilaterally terminate it. But… but… every goodthinker knows that it shouldn’t be true when it’s Lightbringer programs being ended by the Orange Menace. It’s no secret that I am not a fan of Trump, but his continual unraveling of Obama’s “legacy” is certainly a point in his favor. And I say that as someone who very much supports a much broader allowance of immigration- it’s not the outcome that I like, it’s the exposure of the inherently corrupt legislation by the executive absent congressional action. You want a program that isn’t temporary? Great, get congress to legislate it. We have a constitution, in theory.

The Day of Rage has largely turned out to be a Day of Going Through The Motions.

Rioting broke out in some 30 locations in the Palestinian territories, according to the military, which said 3,000 Palestinians participated in the West Bank. As night fell, the demonstrations had mostly dispersed.

…In Jerusalem, demonstrations were limited in scope and dissipated quickly, and some Palestinian residents expressed resignation, along with contempt, about the U.S. move.

I may have found the most hilariously stupid news story of the year. Look at it. Admire it. To quote SugarFree, “Holy fucking shit, that was like being riddled with dumb-bullets.” I’m not sure how you can sexually harass an inanimate object, but coming up next, an essay on how to get consent from your vibrator.

The Pope second-guesses Jesus. Like a presidential spokeschimp, Frankie went full-on “What Our Savior meant to say was…”

Old Guy Music time! Since we’re going to a show tonight, I was tempted to post a song from the fellow we’re seeing, but I thought, “After all this depressing news, we need something which will make people want to boogie! Even UCS!” My love of American music forms is obvious, but there’s a few I’ve neglected, and certainly Zydeco is one of them. Now, Queen Ida is more of crossover Zydeco, but still, fun fun fun. And here’s her cover of great classic song, “Jambalaya.” If this doesn’t make you want to stand up and dance, you’re dead inside.

Happy Friday everyone, I am still getting dug out as my work did not do itself while I was onsite with a client this week. Have a safe weekend. Especially if you are in a fire zone or (perhaps as dangerously) experiencing snow and sleet where it does not normally freeze roads.

Megan McCardle posts a qualified defense of “whataboutism”. Which I hate because there is a difference between tu quoque logical fallacies and pointing out that the person you are arguing with is perfectly fine with an entirely analogous situation with different principal actors than the one they are attacking. But much of the, uh, formation of the Glibertarians.com site was based on a perception that TOS had taken to more “principals not principles” reporting.

In a story full of whataboutist attacks and defenses — Roy Moore’s original accuser admits that she added the date and location to the signature in her yearbook, but claims the comment and signature are his. Clarifying my position, I think that Moore almost certainly tried to date women under the age of 18 in his 30s. I think that his blatant disregard for both law and Constitution as a state judge should be disqualifying of anyone voting for him. I think doctored evidence weakens the case that what he did in pursuit of young women (who actually appear to be of legal age to consent at the time, as far as I know) were in any way illegal. I am glad that the attempts to destroy Moore’s candidacy with these allegations have brought to light a culture of harassment in politics and media, and hope that the culture changes.

I am unclear as to why it would be a scandal for Wikileaks to offer information to the Trump campaign. (TW: CNN) I suppose if the campaign believed that the emails were credible AND contained information that should have been confidential to approved government employees, they are probably obliged to report that those are in the wild to appropriate federal authorities. This also seems like whataboutism as both Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin seem to have lied about disclosing the same confidential information

From the not-giving-is-stealing files: Apple to reap $47B windfall in new tax plan. Yet, when you look at the article, that only happens if Apple repatriates money held overseas. In which case the Federal government gets $31.4B in taxes they are not currently able to collect. So the real headline is: Tax Plan nets $31B from Apple.

Jeez, talk about a light sports night.  I’m sure that has a few of you super-stoked.  But I’ll cover it anyway: Everton finally won a Europa League match, although its too little-too late for Big Sam’s boys (even though he wasn’t at the match). They’re 3-0 since he was hired. That’ll be 3-1 after the Liverpool derby this Sunday. Arsenhole also won in the JV competition.  In cricket, the English media are all but giving up on the Ashes series after their guys fell into s 2-0 hole to the Aussies. And in basketball, Purdue was the only ranked team in action, and they won handily.

Nine games on the ice last night, even though everybody’s mind seems to be on the Olympics.  The Bruins mauled the Coyotes. The Penguins skated past the Islanders.  The Flames burned Les Canadiens in OT. The Lightning struck the Avalanche. The Panthers grounded the Jets. The Blues made the Stars weep. The Flyers soared past the Canucks. The Kings trumped the Senators. And the Sharks swam past the Hurricanes.  (I had no more quips in me, so thank God there wasn’t a tenth game.)

OK, that’s it for sports.  Here come…the links!

Arizona Republican legislator Trent Franks the latest to resign in sexual harassment scandal. This one is weird, and if there’s no more to the story than what’s being reported, I’m not sure this is harassment of a sexual nature.  Weird, sure. But sexual? Not really.

Brexit talks, which were looking tenuous at best, appear to have had a breakthrough and are looking like they might be back on track. I still don’t see what the problem is. Set up a border between Ireland and Northern Ireland and call it a day. It worked for a century just fine

Cold-blooded murderer walks free. It’s good to be one of the king’s men. (TW: graphic stuff. I’m serious, this is some really fucked up shit and unless you want to get a raging urge to go on a rampage, you may not want to watch.)

Apparently the Chicago Public Schools are being run by a real shitbird. That would explain why Rahm said he fully supported him yesterday.

If you run the FBI, IRS, DOJ, work for the feds or apparently run the Chicago Public Schools, you can lie under oath with impunity. If you do it in traffic court in Atlanta, you will go to jail.

Bernie Sanders’s wife, who is looking more and more like a younger version of Mrs Fratelli from The Goonies every day, is still under federal investigation and the feds are interviewing witnesses. I wonder why they never mention that when he gets on the air over at MSNBC or CNN.

And I finish with a little bit of good news.

Get to work!

Have a great day and a better weekend, friends!

Hey guys, I am back from a work trip. I loved getting a real Tex-Mex fix in the Metroplex, but I was working in Irving, so it was all blue and silver stars and Rangers gear. Blech. Someone else can have all of that. Also, DFW Airport looks like it got left behind in the Great Airport Upgrade. Also, I left my car keys with the TSA at Tampa International, so I’ll be going back by there in a little while to pick them up (and my car).

You know who else from Germany wanted to create a United Europe?

Paging Mr. Lizard. There has been a break in containment in Washington.

This is one of the most dangerous things in modern America. These people need to be summarily fired and fined.

It turns out that being forced to achieve an erection and masturbate in front of police is not a legal 4A search. In fact, sexual abuse of a minor under color of law appears to also be one of the very few holes in Qualified Immunity.

This looks like bullshit to me.

You guys have ruined my Youtube recommendations.